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The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Review of the Performance of the World Heart Federation Criteria 2012–2023 Cover

The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Review of the Performance of the World Heart Federation Criteria 2012–2023

Global Heart
Volume 19 (2024): Issue 1
By: James Marangou,  Joselyn Rwebembera,  Julius Mwita,  Lene Thorup,  Bo Remenyi,  Bruno Ramos Nascimento,  Andrea Beaton,  Krishna Kumar,  Emmy Okello,  Kate Raltson,  Craig Sable,  Gavin Wheaton,  Nigel Wilson,  Liesl Zuhlke,  Cleonice Mota and  Ana Mocumbi  
Open Access
|May 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1327 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 12, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 19, 2024
Published on: May 13, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
RHD,
2012 WHF echocardiographic criteria,
performance

© 2024 James Marangou, Joselyn Rwebembera, Julius Mwita, Lene Thorup, Bo Remenyi, Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Andrea Beaton, Krishna Kumar, Emmy Okello, Kate Raltson, Craig Sable, Gavin Wheaton, Nigel Wilson, Liesl Zuhlke, Cleonice Mota, Ana Mocumbi, published by Ubiquity Press
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